What is better, or most preferred, for social Following? Co…

too often we see daily twetch states like:
follows: 151 newUsers: 99
this says the ratio of follows per user has been dropping as most new users don't have enough BSV to follow people.
It seems that the 'pay to follow' model is hurting the social graph.

I think the argument for Pay is that the social network has more ability to pull big fish who then pull more people to the network. If someone can get 100,000 free follows, they might be happier with 10,000 paid follows.
Is there another argument for Pay